But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity in the places where I have lived. —Philip Ó Ceallaigh More about this quote Tags: soul sanity violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Philip Ó Ceallaigh Philip Ó Ceallaigh (born 23 March 1968) is an Irish short story writer and translator who lives in Bucharest.
More quotations tagged with “violence” Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. —Pearl Bailey More about this quote Tags: hunger learning violence producing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If a woman gets nervous, she'll eat or go shopping. A man will attack a country — it's a whole other way of thinking. —Elayne Boosler More about this quote Tags: violence food gender Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Simone Weil once said, "I would like to achieve the kind of radiance that can bring about nonviolently what other people might have to do violently." And, of course, we see teachers like that. We see parents like that, who have a kind of radiance so that they don't have to raise their voice; they don't have to beat their children. . . . They simply make a different atmosphere. —Sissela Bok More about this quote Tags: change parents nonviolence violence persuasion radiance yelling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. —August Strindberg More about this quote Tags: people dogs courage violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. —George Will More about this quote Tags: USA football sports violence committees meetings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. —Pearl Bailey More about this quote Tags: hunger learning violence producing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a woman gets nervous, she'll eat or go shopping. A man will attack a country — it's a whole other way of thinking. —Elayne Boosler More about this quote Tags: violence food gender Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Simone Weil once said, "I would like to achieve the kind of radiance that can bring about nonviolently what other people might have to do violently." And, of course, we see teachers like that. We see parents like that, who have a kind of radiance so that they don't have to raise their voice; they don't have to beat their children. . . . They simply make a different atmosphere. —Sissela Bok More about this quote Tags: change parents nonviolence violence persuasion radiance yelling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. —August Strindberg More about this quote Tags: people dogs courage violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings. —George Will More about this quote Tags: USA football sports violence committees meetings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email